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The  H6n^iifd>te  His  Majeftir';8  Co^irfciL 

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October  i6*^rjt 7 1J9. 

Upon  Occaiion  of  tlie  Succe&  of  HSis 
IVfoieflj's  Arms  in  the  Redu£tioa  of 

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BOS^TQN    :    NEW-ENGLAND; 

Printed  by  Grebn  Sc  Russell,  and  Boss  tc  GiLL^by 
Order  of  Ifis  B:fceUoncy  the  GOVERNOR,  aid 
b^tb  Housts  of  ASSEMBLY. 


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T  being  recommended  to  the  Board  by 
His  Excellency  the  Gove;hnor,  that 
tUe^llhan^RV)^  tbe.'  C&tik  \ht^'^Sn.  to  tt<i: 
iRever,end  Mr.  Cooper,  for  his  Sermon 
preached  Yeflierday  to  the  G^iiefdl  bourt, 
aad  to  defire^jCopy  thereof  .for  tl>ePr 

FouJf  That  Jacob.  We np^ i-  l  aiid 
WiLLi  AM  Br  ATTLEjEfqrs.  withfuch 
as  the  Honourable  Hqufe  fhaU  join,  be  a 
Cpmmittee  to  wait  upQR  tI^e^,RQv'd  R^jr^ 
(Cooper'  with  tne  Thanks' of  this  Court' 
for  his  Sermon  preached  Yefterd^y  before 
them,  and  to  defire  a  Copy  for  the  Ppefs. 

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T'bmas  P(M)0Uy¥&ii 

jCatj[t^i^rQ<^neral  aa^  Governor  in 
i; Chief,  i|i  and: over,  his  Majefty*§ 
r  Pf  ovince  of  the  Maffachufetts^^a^ 
.  in  New-England^  and  Viqe-Admir 
.(ralof  the  fame. 


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Q  one  can  be  infenfible  how 
kirgely  yokii-  Excellency  par- 
in  the  niiiverfal  Joy ,oc- 
.  caiion<dd '  hy  the  late  happy  SuccefS 
with  wKlch  it  has  pieafed  Heaven  W 
crown  lus  Majefly's  Arms  in  Norths 
/fmencajp2irticulaxly  in  theRedu<3:i- 
6h  of  the  Capitdl  oF  Ca?mcla. —-Ah 
ardent  ^6al  for  the  Honour  and  In- 
|x;reft  of  the  Beft  of  Kings  J  a  tho- 
^^^        i  rough 


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w     -D  E  D  I  C  A  T  I  O  N.- 

rough  Seafc  of  thp  Iinportance  of 
the  American  Service  to  the  Glory 
of  |iii  Reign,,  and  the  Profperity  of 
His  whole  Doniinion  ;  and  a  gene^ 
Tous   Concern  for  the  Safety  and 
Happinefs  of  the  People  over  whom 
you  prefide,  are  Principles  that  nuift 
render  you  pteuKarly  interefted  ini 
this  great  Evei;it,  as  they  have  evi^- 
dently  formed  the  Spirit  of  your  Ad* 
sniniflration. 


'   'V    1      .s 


v.- 


-^uYau  have  had  the  Jpy  to  fee 
your  incef&nt  Cafc^  and  Endeavours 
|qr  the  interior  Welfare  of  yon^  Pro- 
i^qce,  and  tl^e  Security  pf  its  expor 
icd  Territories;,  happily  fucceeded. 
A  rc^edable  Fortrei^^  conftrudfed 
under  your  Excellency's  Eye.  and 
i9«ll  garriioned^  has  given  His  M^ 
jefty  the  firm  Pof&ilion  of  the  im^ 
£  ^   portant 


j-r*^ 


|k)rtahtGdtmtty  i^  FiH&lftcft  j  a  Pa*t^ 
of  the  Province  till  rtb w  coriimandecF 
by  a  lavage  £neAi)^;  t^ie  Sd^gfe  taJ. 
Terror  of  our  Eaftera  Vtmtid^ 
You  have  alfo  found  the  great  and 
fingutar  Servic6s  to  His  JtfejeftjrV 
general  Caufe,  propofed  hj  yotir  JEr- 
cellcncy,  and  from  which  your  At-^ 
tention  has  nevef  been  diverted,  a!*' 
dopted  by  the  other  Brandies  of  tJid 
Legillature  with  a  Kcfolutioh  and 
Zeal  anfwerable  id  the  ?mportiiit(^ 
of  the  Occafion,  and  to  the  Warmth 
of  ycHir  (mvk  Wifhes:  and  Recopvr- 
xneadaitjipjai. 


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"'^^Ho  coulit  have  dioug|ht  that 
this  fiiigle  Promce,  txhaufted  a^ 
it  was  by  former  Exertions,  and 
checked  by  repeated  Dilappornt- 
meatf,would  fiavelxJen'atle,  befi^di 

furniihing 


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m  Supplie?, ,  to,  awgnjieiit , J^i?;  li^^ 
lefty's.  Forces  for  two  Vears  iuc-, 
c^y^Iy  wiUi.Jit^e  lefs  dlan  Teyen, 

vic^.  that'm*fk  vour  Adminiftratir. 
on  } .  Such  a  Proof  has  it:  exhibited 
tb^t  a  limited:  G9y:er0m^.nt,  happily  "" 
adminiltred,  can  cominandrin  un-  ^ 
coipmon  Exigpcies,  a  greater  Aid. 
from  the  People  than  the  mpil  lin-^ 
pounded  Defpotifm.  r  r       %      . ' 

^^  P^iT  Wtfie^i^pitif  tlife??rd^  ' 
vince  raifed  by  Your  B3«siE?llkK:?f/ 
have  had  the  Honor  to  be  engaged 
in  the  .Weftem  Service,  and  togpn- 
tribute  to  the  important  Aqqumtioii?  ' 
that  have  thpre:  crowned  th^  Briiilh 
Arms  i  the  reft,  though  they  wdul4 
gladly  r  have  (hared  the  Dangers  ^arid. 


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DEDICATION.       ix 

Glory  of  the  Army  employed  againft 
^jieieCy  have  from  a  Regard  to  His 
Majefty's  greater  Service,  chearfuUy 
fupplied  in  the  Garrifons  of  Loui/^ 
iourgyand  JVova- Scot ia^  the  Place  of 
fome  of  thofe  veteran  Britijh  Regi- 
ments, by  whofe  Valor  the  Conqueft 
of  that  American  Cafthage  was  ob- 
tain'd.  In  this  View  of  Things,  I 
may  congratulate  your  Excellency, 
the  Honourable  Council,  and  Houfe 
of  Reprefentatives,  and  this  whole 
Province,  not  only  as  rejoicing  in 
the  Succefs,  but  as  claiming  alfo  a 
Share  in  the  Merit  of  thefe  great 
Services.  , 


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The  Burden  which  fuch  furpri- 
zing  Exertions  have  created  muft 
heceflarily  be  great  ;  and  yet  you 
have  feen  it  borne  with  Chearfulnefs 

B  by 


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*        DfeDlGATION. 

by  People  of  ievery  Rank.  Happjr 
alfo  muft  your  Excelfcncy  be  in  an 
Aflurance,  that  your  unwearied  '^  Bn- 
deavours  to  forward  His  Maje^f's 
Service^  in  a  Provhke  ef  fi  much 
Importances^  and  which  bjr  it's  ex- 
emplary Aitii  has  infiumted  others y 
have  been  Jo  gracioufly  receivd  iy 
jffis  Majejly  ;  and  that  the  inaivf 
Marks  of  jour  Atuntim  and  Zeat 
for  the  Kings  Service^have  met  with 
His  Majejiys  ntof  particular  j4p-^ 
probation.        '  ^  -^^     ^        ^  rf 


Whi!:n^  our  Hearts  oveifldweif 
with  Joy  at  the  News  of  the  Con-*- 
queft  of  ^luebeCy  your  Excellency 
with  both  Houfes,   thought  proper 

Attention,  to  ihe  Provi-^ 


to 


point 


our 


dence  of  God,  and  to  order  that  the 

civil 

•  Letter  from  the  Right  Hen.  Mr,  Secretary  Pitt, 
kid  before  the  CourW 


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PEDIC  ATION. 


XI 


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civil 

Pitt, 


civil  Demonftrations  of  Loyalty  and 
Gladnefs  upon  this  Event,  fhould  be 
preceeded  by  folemn  Praife  and 
Thankfgiving  to  that  Being,  whofe 
Kingdom  ruleth  over  all. 

May  the  God  of  Heaven  whom 
you  have  thus  honour'd,  preferve 
the  happy  Harmony  among  the  fe- 
veral  Branches  of  the  Legiflature  of 
this  Province  ;  diltinguifh  v^^ith  His 
Influence  and  Blefling  your  Excel- 
lency's whole  Adminiftration  j  and 
continue  to  advance  the  Britifh 
Arms,  till  our  Security  fhall  be  efta- 
bUflied  upon  the  moft  lafting  Fou;i- 
dations  I 

I  am  with  great  Refpeft, 

Your  Excellency's  moft  obedient, 

A»d  very  humble  Servant, 

Samupl  Cooper*^ 


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Psalm    CXL.     io,  ii,  12. 


••— !%  Saints  Jhall  blefs  Thee  :   they  Jhall 
Jpeak  of  the  Glory  of  thy]  Kingdom y  and 
talk  of  thy  Power  :  to  make  known  to  the 
'^  Sons  of  Men  his  mighty  ASls. — 

TH  E  common  and  ordinary  Ef- 
fefts  which  we  behold  in  the 
World  around  us,  demonftrate 
the  Being  and  univerfal  Providence  of 
God.  But  thercfare  fome  fpecial  Difpen- 
fetions,  and  great  Events,  which  have  a 
Ratuual  Tendency,  and  doubtlefs  were  de- 

fign'd 


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fign*d  to  awaken  in  us  a  more  than  conii- 
mon  Senfe  of  his  fopreme  uncontrolable 
DOiHinion,  our  Dependance  upon  him, 
and  our  Obligations  to  him  ;  and  of 
which  we  ought  to  make  this  religious 
Impro^»^t.  For  k  muft  bf  the  Height 
of  Impiety  up6ri  iucE  Occaffonsi^*  not  to 
regard  the  Work  of  the  Lord  and  the 
^£?£?^^  of  hig  Hwd/' 


— — » 


Without  entring  upon  a  par^cular 
Expl^klori  ttfthc  fevtralrPiai^s^  <rfthe 
Text,  it  leads  us  to  confider,  the  Power 
Ox^  EKaminioa  i>t  (Scd ;.  xoiiti^  of^  his. 
flighty  AQ^  iix  F^VQur  of  tW  .CSiurch  in 
geaw^v  w4  .^9M?  Nation  and  l-iand  in 
particular  ^  €%^c\aHj|r  that  InJl|ft^^ 
Power  and  Grace  in  which  we  are  now 
Kj^QJi^  i    a«4i ;  thp  xeligipu^  ; Aflu^^ 

(tem^nd^  ftom  ^^  ,^  j^  ,        ,y^     ,   ;^      ^ 

-TMfii*  Pfe,T»«r:  off,  Sod  Is  ^f«i«ite  And 
unHimte4 1  «^t^i|dii^  to  eve^jf^  Tl?i>iffi 
p©ffibl^  i  toi  ev-eiy  Thing,  that  doe^  not 
Wflfi  Weaknefs  or  Imperfe6tion  in  the 

,      Agent. 


(  H  ) 

Agent.  He  k  the  (xde  felf-exifttmt  Be- 
it^y  from  whom  all  other  Beings,  and  ail 
the  Powers  which  they  poffefs  are  deii- 
ytd;  ^nd  upon  who^fc  Influence  they  aftb* 
gether  depend  for  tne  Ejccrtion  of  thefe 
flowers.  Nothing  therefore  can  bppofe 
the  Execution  of  Ks  DefignS  ;  tio  Being 
can  xnake  anyManner  of  Refiftance  to  the 
Operations  of  his  Hand.  The  coinbined 
Force  of  aH  created  Nature  when  com- 
pared to  his  Energy,  >*  is  as  Nothifig,  and 
lefs  than  Nothing  and  Vanity/'t-  ^*^  * '-*  ^ 


•-■^-TUfe  unlimited  Power  of  God  is  eff^- 
^al  to  hio  Being,  and  like  himfelf  is  pre^ 
fent  in  every  Place  j  He  can  then  a3  cafily 
do  all  Things,  as  any  Thing ;  as  cafily 
fuftain  the  Univerfe,  and  govern  all  the 
Purts  #  it  according  to  his  fovereign 
Plea(Ure>  as  ile  (^  fbpport  and  dire6t 
any  fingje  Atom  of  Matter.  «  Haft  ihou 
not  k^own,  haft  thou  not  heard^  as  the 
Prophet  I/aiai  fublimely  fpcaks  upoa 
this^  Argument,  that  the  evcrlafting  God»: 
the  Lord,  the  Creatoi'  of  the  Ends  of  the- 
Earth,  faintcth  not  neither  is  weary"  ! 


TlIERfi 


(    16    > 


!i' 


,  .There  was  a  TiiQe,  fo  to  fpeak^  when 
Qod  was  alone^  and  nothing  exifted  but 
himfelf  -,  there  was  then  no  Power  but  his 
pwn;  and  whatev^rPower  has  exifted  fince, 
was  communicated  by  him,  and  fomuil 
forever  be  abfolutely  dependant  upon 
him  :  and  could  we  fuppofe  any  Creature 
capable  of  refifting  in  the  leaft  Degree  the 
Execution  of  his  Purpofes  ;  (  which  in-, 
deed  is  abfurd )  He  could  as  eafily  with- 
draw that  Power  by  annihilating  the 
Creature,   as  he  at  firft  gave  it. 

'  Very  irrational  then  and  unworthy  the 
Name  of  Philofophy  was  the  Notion  of 
the  Epicureans,  who  fancied  it  would 
greatly  interrupt  the  Tranquility  and 
Happinefs  of  the  Deity  to  have  the  Go- 
vernment of  the  World  in  his  own 
Hands  ;  and  accordingly  provided  him  a 
calm  Retreat  far  above  this  bufy  Scene, 
where  none  of  the  Affairs  of  it  might 
weary  or  perplex  him.  In  this  Mann^F 
they  confulted  the  Eafe  of  their  Gods  at 
the  Expence  of  their  Honor  ;  and  un- 
der the  Notion  of  reprefenting  them  as 

per- 


(     '7    ) 


perfeftly  happy,  deftroyed  the  Foundati- 
on of  religious  Worlhip.  Was  God  in- 
deed confined  to  any  particular  PIace>  op  , 
his  Power  bounded,  as  they  abfurdly  im-^ 
agined,  they  might  have  done  this  with 
more  Appearance  of  Truth  ;  but  fince 
the:'  Heav'n  of  Heavens  cannot  contain 
him,  and  he  can  be  excluded  from  no 
Pan  of  the  Univerfe,  and  fince  wherever 
he  is,  that  Power  that  created  the  World^^ 
always  accompanies  him,  all  Things  muft' 
not  only  be  poflible  but  equally  eafy  to' 
him.  ^ 


t  ^^^p 


,.  ■^  £•*■ .    *S  .k., 


4**f 


.at 


God  ftands  at  the  Head  of  his  own  va,ft 


I 


Creation  ;  the  countlefs  Ranks  of  Crea- 
tures that  croud  the  Univerfe,  compofe" 
his  Hoft  and  attend  liis  Orders  ; — In  him 
they  live  and  move,  and  have  their  Be^ 
ing.-— Things  appear  or  difappear  at  his 
Woxd,his  Nod,  his  Smiles  or  his  Frowns. 
It.  )s  thus  that  the  facred  Scriptures 
reprefent  to  us  the  irrefiftable  Energy  of 
the  divine  Will.  "  Ry  the  Word  of  the 
Lord  were  the  Heavens  made,  and  all 
the  Hofts  of  them  by  the  Breath  of  his 

C  Mouth 


(     i8    ) 


Mouth  ;  He  fpakc  and  it  was  done  ;  He 
commanded  and  they  flood  faft  He  iook- 
cth  on  theEarth  and  it  trembleth ;  He  ut- 
tereth  his  Voicfe  and  it  melteth  !" 


And  if  we  would  warm  and  fill  our 
Minds   with  the  moft  lively  and  ftriking 
Defcriptions  of   God's   Power    and  Do- 
minion, we  fhall  find  them  in  the  infpir- 
ed  Writings,     "  Before  theDay  was  I  am 
he  ;  I  will  work  and  who  ihaJl  let  it !    I 
form  the  Light  and  I  create  Darknefs ;  I 
n\ake  Peace  and  T  create  Evil,  I  the  Lord 
do  all  thefe  Things.     Who- hath  direfted 
the  Spirit  of  the  Lord,  or  being  his  Coun- 
fellor  hath  taught  him  f   Behold  the  Na- 
tions are  as  a  Drop  of  a  Bucket,   and  are 
counted  as  the  fmall  Duft  of  the  Balance. 
When  He  giveth  Quietnefs  who  then  can 
make  Trouble  ?    or  when  He  hideth  hisr 
Face  who  then  can  behold  him  ;  whether 
it'be  done  againft  a  Nation  or  a  Man  on- 
ly !  The  Lord  hath  prepared  his  Throne 
in  the  Heavens  and  his  Kingdom  ruleth 
over  alL" 

This 


i 


(     »9    ) 


'This  Power  in  all  it's  Operations,  has 
ever  been  guided  and  adorned  with  a  Per- 
fe6lion  of  W^Tdom,  Righteoufnefs  and 
Goodneli,  becoming  the  Proprietor  and 
Lord  of  all.  Nor  can  we  forget  how  of- 
ten it  has  been  difplayed  in  Defence 
of  the  Church,  reduced  to  the  extremeft 
Danger,  and  ready  to  expire  under  the 
Hand  of  it's  potent  Oppreffors.  How 
glorious  did  it  appear  when  it  led  the 
Children  of  Ifrael  fron?  their  Bondage  in 
.Egypt  ?  When  it  vifited  Pharaoh  and  his 
Servants  with  aftonifhing  Plagues  ;  and  at 
laft  overwhelmed  them  in  a  common  De- 
ftruftion  ?  When  it  led  the  chofen  Peopk 
thro'  the  Sea  ?  When  it  expelled  the  Ca" 
nantte^  before  them,  and  planted  them  in 
the  promis'd  Land  ?  This  levell'd  the 
Walls  of  Jericho  :  this  difcomfited  the 
Hoft  oi  Midian  :  this  arreiled  the  Sun  in 
his  Courfe  to  favour  Jojhiia  in  the  puj:- 
fuit  of  hi^Enemies  ;  while  more  were  ilain 
by  the  Hail  from  Heaven,  than  by  the 
Sword  of  Ifrael  \  this  precipitated  the 
haughty  Monarch  of  Babylon^  the  Op* 
prefTor  of  God's  People  fronji  his  exalted 

Throne, 


to 


1  f 


(      "      ) 

I 

Throne,  and  advanced  Cyr»/  to  be  their 
Shepherd.  , 

Nor  has  the  Arm  of  Go^  been  em- 
ployed and  made  bare  bnly  for  the  De-i 
fence  of  the  Church  of  Ifrae/.  '^  t 
Power  which  gave  fuch  ftrong  and  con-^ 
vincing  Atteftations  to  the  Divinity  6f  the 
Gofpel  at  it's  firft  Promulgation,  has  ne- 
ver wholly  deferted  the  Ghrifti^n  Church; 
Therefore  like  the  Ark  by  which  it 
was  prefigur'd,  it  has  furvived  all  the 
Storms  that  have  beat  upon  it,  and  beert^ 
borne  above  a  Deluge  of  Adverfity  : 
therefore  like  the  Bufh  that  bunied  but 
was  not  confumed,  it  has  fuftained^  it  has 
even  increafed  in  the  Fire  of  Perfecution, 


And  if  we  confult  the  Hiftory  of  later 
Times,  fhall  we  find  any  Reafon  to  com- 
plain that  theLord'sHand  has  been  fhort- 
ned  that  it  could  not  fave  ?  Shall  we  not 
on  the  contrary  behold  the  Providence  of 
God  employed,  tho*  not  in  a  miraculous^ 
yet  in  a  very  diftinguijjied  Manner,  in 

De- 


';H^ 


Defence  of  the  Church,and  in  Favour  of 
the  Caufe  of  Truth  and  the  Rights 
of  Confcience,  agaiilft  the  Ufurpati- 
on  and  Tyranny  of  thofe  who  would 
"  fay  to  our  Sduls  bow  down  that  we  may 
go  Over  you,"  and  who  afFe£l  a  Kingdom 
of  Ddrknefs  that  they  may  fecurely  "  ex- 
alt thetrifelves  above  all  that  is  called  God 
and  is  worftiipped/* 


/■ 


What  but  the  divine  Arm  has  fup-. 
'  ported  and  defended  the  Proteftant  Re- 
ligion, fo  wonderful  in  it's  Rife,  fo 
fmall  and  tender  in  it's  Infancy,  and 
fo  conftantly  oi'jpofed  and  perfecuted 
by  a  formidable  Power  under  the  Di- 
reftion  of  the  moft  refined  and  exqa  • 
fite  Policy  ! —  Happily  for  our  Fathers, 
and  for  us,  the  refonned  Religion,  foun-r 
ded  upon  free  Inquiry  and  the  Right  of 
private  Judgment,  and  fo  friendly  to  the 
Enlargement  of  Knowledge,  and  to  that 
Liberty  which  never  can  be  too  dearly 
purchafed,  was  early  received  and  cherifh- 
ed  in  Great-Britain,  And  how  remarka- 
bly has  the  fame  good  Providence   which 

firft 


I 


(  «  ) 


0 


I'l 


firft  tranfplanted  this  Religion  into  that 
favoured  Ifland,  fhiclded  and  preferved 
it,  together  with  thofe  invaluable  Rights 
andPriviledges  which  are  clofely  Interwo- 
ven with  it,  when  they  have  been  threatned 
with  an  utter  Extirpation  by  foreign  and 
domeftic  Foes  ? — There  was  once  a  Time 
when  even  a  Britijh  Monarch  would  have 
**  made  himfelf  a  Captain  to  lead  us  back 
to  the  Bondage  of  Egypt  ":  but  when  all 
that  was  dear  to  us  was  brought  to  the  ex- 
tremeft  Danger,  it  pleafed  the  fovereign 
Power  that  difpofes  human  Affairs,  to 
effeft  an  happy  and  furprizing  Revolu- 
tion.—An  iEra  that  will  ever  be  remem- 
bered with  Gratitude  to  Almighty  God 
by  thofe  who  have  a  juft  Value  for  the 
Bnfi/h  Conftitution,  and  that  full  Libeity, 
with  which  it  blefles  thofe  who  enjoy 
itf, 

f  This,  fays  even  a  French  Hfftorian,  the  celebrated  M.  De 
Foltaire,  **  was  the  true  Mrz.  of  Englijh  Liberty  5  the 
**  Nation  reprefcntcd  by  it's  Parliament  now  fixed  tlie  fo 
«*  long  conteftcd  Bounds  betwixt  the  Prerogative  of  th« 
«*  Crown  and  the  Rights  of  the  People.  Henceforth  the 
**  Prince  of  Orange  was  acknowledged  in  the  greateft 
♦♦  Part  of  Europe  as  William  Hid,  lawful  King  QiEngland^ 
♦*  and  accounted  the  Deliverer  of  the  Nation", 


m- 


(    *3    ) 

We  may  exlprefs,  bleffed  be  G6d  ill  the 
moft  open  Manner,  the  warmeft  Attach- 
ment to  true  Liberty,  under  the  Govern- 
ment of  a  Prince  who  has  ever  defended 
and  cheriftied  it  i  who  dcfpifes  the  forced 
Submillion  of  Slaves  5  who  has  long  fince 
founded  his  Empire  in  the  Hearts  of  his 
Subje£ts ;  andwl\p  efteems  it  his  peculiar 
Glory  to  reign  over  a  free,  and  therefore 
a  great  Nat^ri.  And  the  more  warmjy 
we  are  attached  to  thofe  priviledges  which 
are  the  Birth-right  of  Britijh  Subje^,  t!ic 
more  fenfible  fliall  we  be  of  our  Obligati- 
ons to  the  Providence  of  God,  for  eftab- 
lifhing  theSucceffionto  iht  Britijh  Crown 
in  the  Proteftant  Illuftrious  Houfe  of  Ha- 
nover ^  and  fo  conftantly  defeating  all  tie 
wicked  and  unnatural  Defigns  that  have 
been  formed  againft  it. 


i  With  Joy  the  Britijh  Nation  beholds  a 
bright  Pledge  of  if  s  future  Happineis,  in 
the  Royal  Progeny  of  our  gracious  King^ 
particularly  in  the  Heir  Apparent  now  ar- 
rived at  full  Age.-  We  alfo  in  thefe  Wt€- 
tern  Extremities  of  his  Dominion,partake 


in 


(    H    ) 


m  this  Joy,  as  we  largely  do  in  his  pater- 
nal Care  and  Prote£lion,  and  the  benign 
Influences  of  his  Government.  i 


F  < 


rW    -.-. 


God,  **  who  changes  theTimes  and  the 
Seafoiis,"  has  been  pJeaifed  not  long  fince 
to  permit  a  fui*prizinjg  Revolution  to  take 
Place  ill  the  Political  Syftem  of  Europe: 
The  Houfe  oi  Aufiriay  (o  much  indebted 
to  iheBriti/h  Nation,and  that  had  fb  long 
oppofed  the  formidable  Power  of  Frame, 
has  lately  united  itfelf  with  it.  In  this 
ftrange  and  alarming  Conjun6lure,  the 
Safety  o^  Bri fain,  of  the  Proteftant  Inter- 
feft,and  the  Liberties  of  Europe,  are  clofely 
connefted  with  the  Succefs  of  our  Sove- 
reign's lUuftrious  AUy,thcKing  of  Prujta. 

Here  then  a  new  and  aftonifhing 
Series  of  divineDifpenfations  opens  to  our 
Vi^.  What,  but  the  Favour  of  Heaven 
has  hitherto  fupported  that  truly  greats 
but  much-endangered  Monarch  !  Who 
has  not  been  amazed  to  fee  Prujia,  that 
a  few  Years  ago  made  fo  comparatively 
fmall  %  Figure  among  the  Nations,  now 
-  bearing 


■m- 


))earing  up  againft  fo  jnany  of  the  greatei^ 
Powers  in  Europe,  formidably  leagued  a- 
gainft  It*!  Tne  Dominions  of  this  Protef-. 
tant  Prince  have  long  fince  been  feized, 
and  divjid^,  in  the  Cabinets  and  Hopes 
^  his  Enemies :  and  had  Events  turned 
put  accoriding  to  human  Probabilities,and 
the^Pcci|ion  of  the  moft  fharp-fighted  Pojf 
litijfians,  this  cruel  Diyifion  would  before 
this  Time  have  in  Fa£l  taken  Place.       ^ 


How  often  has  he  flood  as- upon  the 
Brink  of  Deftruftion,  while  the  Frienda 
of  Liberty  have  trembled,  and  it's  Ene- 
mies anticipated  a  Triumph  !  "  But  the 
Arms  of  his  Hands  have  been  made  ftron^' 
by  the  Hands  of  the  mighty  God  of  Ja-* 
cob."  What  Plans  has  he  laid  !  What 
Countries  has  he  traversed  !  What  Toils 
has  he  endured  !  What  Dangers  has  he 
faced  !  What  Battles  has  he  fought  ! 
What  Viftories  has  he  gained  !  And  in 
what  quick  Succeffion  have  his  Triumpli* 
rofe  !  —  His  future  Fate  is  in  the  Coun- 
cils of  Heaven  ;  but  as  we  are  conftrained 
to  own  the  Providence  of  God  in  his  pafl: 

D  Succefsi 


■M 


(    ^    ) 


iSuccefs,  wc  humbly  hope  that  the  fam? 
Power  will  ftill  give  Strength  to  his  Arirf^ 
and  Conqueft  to  his  Swprd. 

While  our  Eyes  are  turned  towards 
Germany f  wc  cannot  but  take  particular 
Notice  of  the  fignal  Salvation  which  God 
has  been  pkafed  to  afford  to  his  Majefty's 
l>Ominions  in  that  Empire.  Our  old  and 
enraged  Enemy  attacked  HanovdT,  to  a- 
venge  itfelf  on  Britain.  But  thisMeafure, 
as  much  as  they  were  ready  to  promife 
themfelvcs  from  it,  has  hitherto  proved 
the  Means  of  increafing  their  Defeats  and 
Dilgraces.  Twice  have  Hb  Majefty's 
Troops,  with  thofe  of  His,  AUies,  under 
the  Conduft  of  the  viftorious  Ferdinand^ 
rcfcued  this  devoted  Country  from  the 
cruel  Power  of  France.  Twice  has  that 
mighty  Army,  the  Pride  and  Strength  of 
thir  afpiring  and  oppreffive  Monarchy, 
been  vanquifticd  and  broken  by  much  in< 
ferior  Numbers. 


•^Tl;  ,i  H-^:',!^,,,-^..' 


'  No  6ne  can  be  infcnfible  of  the  Impor- 
tance of  thefe  Succeffes  to  the  Proteftant 
Intereft  in  general,  and  particularly  to  the 

,  Britijh 


(    ?7    ) 

Britifh  Natioa,  and  it's  Dependencies. 
Who  of  us  did  not  feel  for  our  gracious 
Sovercign^and  his  German  Subjefts,  while 
they  fufFered  fo  much*  and  were  in  Dan- 
ger of  a  repeated  and  ftill  greater  Defola- 
tion  ♦ !  We  cannot  therefore  but  rejoice  at 
their  Deliverance,  and  the  Abafement  of 
that  Pdiwer,  which  has  fo  long  fought  the 
Peftruftion  of  Britain. — The  Figure  and 
Influence  of  France  muft  be  greatly  dimi- 
niifhed  by  thefe  Defeats ;  and  .it  has  loft 
the  Profpeft  of  thofe  Advantages  with 
which  it  hoped  to  negotiate.  ^   ^ 

'      '  '^ 
1  forbear  to  mention  the  ^valuable  Ac- 

^uiiitions  with  which  ourArms  have  been 

Weft,  in  Africa,  and  the  Weft-Indies.  Nor 

ihall  I  attempt  to  reckon  up  our  Naval 

Conqueftsywhich  have  fo  much  leflened  the 

Marine 

•  What  Uanovir  would  have  iiiffered  from  the  Frtnch,  had 
their  Arms  pFCvailed  this  Year,  is  manifbfted  to  the 
Woiid  from  %  Letter  of  the  Mtrfhgl  Ouc  de  JttRsip, 
Matter  of  the  Department  of  War,  to  Marfhal  Ctmtadesf 
Commander  of  the  Army,  printed  in  thelondon  Gazette, 
O^  Auguji  1 8,  in  which  it  is  advifed,  after  penetratin<|^ 
ihe  Gountryitiot  only-^o  draw  large  Contribations  of 
Money,  and  all  kinds  of  $abrittence  for  the  Army,  but 
alfo  to  make  a  do^n-right  Defart  bjfore  their  Quarters, 
Leaving  only  a  bare  Subiiftence  for  the  Troops  in  theii 
future  Route,  • 


{      2%      ) 

men  ted  our  own  :  tho*  that  im|)ortknt 
cine  §  of  which  wd  have  lately  reeeivedthc* 
News,  defervfes  to  be  particularly  men-^ 
tibned,  as  it  makes  a  large  Acceffion  to 
our  prefent  Joy.  Thefc  Gonqueft^,  great 
as  they  have  been,  are  owing  to  the  Fa- 
vour of  that  BeWg  who  is  the  folc  Mo-* 
narch  of  the  Oceian,  where  even  the  Br/- 
tt/b  Navy  cannot  triumph/  without  the 
Aid  of  His  JProvjdence.  ^ 


If  we  turn  our  Eyes  to  this  dear  Land 
of  our  Nativity,  and  confider  it's  Circum- 
flances  from  the  Beginning  to  this  happy 
Day,  how  marty^'affefling  Interpofitions^  ^ 
of  Heaven  in  our  Favour  do  wb  behold  f 
—Our  Progenitors,  fmitten  with  a  Love 
of  Liberty,  and  poflcffed  with  an-  uncom* 
moh  Reverence  to  the  Dictates  of  Ccn^ 
fcien.ce,  tranfplanted  thcmfelves  into  the 
Wilds  of  America.  In  this  Emigration 
God  was  their  Guide,  and  their  Defence. 
The  Settleinent  of  this  Country,  and  our 

Affairs 

§  The  Capture  and  Deftruftion    of  a    great  Part  of  t|xo 
fouloji  Sauadron,  by  4dndral  Bofc^nvenf 


(    *9    ) 

i^aiFS  fifteen  do  bear  perhaps  as  near  an 
Affinity  to  thofc  6t  ^ient  Ifrael,  as  any 
modern  Story  5  fo  tiikt  many  Paflages  m 
the  (acred  Writings  tfoundcd  upon  dicpc-l 
culiar  Circumftances  of  that  People,  may 
with  great  Propriety  be  applied  to  our 


a)Wi.k  > 


;>■» 


>?'^w    coO 


We  pretend  not  indeed,  that  Miracles- 
have  befen  wrought  for  us  ;  but  we  piduf- 
ly  aferibe  our  Rife,,  our  Prefervation,  and 
all  our  Profperity,  to  that  Being  "  who 
plants  and   plucks  up "  Kingdoms  and 
States,  according  to  his  foverelgn  Pleafure. 
We  have  often  beenchaftiled  byourEne-% 
mies  ;    and  yet,  where  is  the  Mountain/ 
or  Wood,  the  Lake,  or  Stream,  that  can- 
not Witrids  to  fome  Appearance  of  dii€ 
vine  Providence  in  our  Favour?  '*  W0: 
have,  heard  with  our  Ears,   O  God,  and 
our  Fathers  have  told  us,  what  thou  did'ft 
for  them  in  their  Day  :  and  as  we  have 
heard,    fo  have  we  feen  the  Salvation  of 
God.     Many  a  Time  have  they  afflifted 
us  from  our  Youth,  may  we  how  fay, 
many  a  Time  have  they  ^fflifted  us  from 


M 

m 


(  s«  ) 


I 


oar  Youth,  yet  have  they  not  pitvaikdi 
the  Plougfaers  {doia^ed  upon  our  Baiek« 
l[hey  fliade  hmg  their  Furrows.  The 
Lord  is  righteous^  Wha  has  cut  afimder 
the  Conk  of  the  Wicked/' 


God  who  "holds  in  his  Hand  th# 
Hearts  of  Kings,  and  tumeth  them  as  the 
Rivers  of  Watfa^  ^re  turned***  has  been 
pleafed  to  infiure  the  Breaft  of  cmr  Sove- 
reign with  a  peculiar  Concern  for  his 
American  Dominions,  with  the  fafety  of 
wliich,  the  Dignity  of  his  Crown,  and 
the  Power  and  Commerce  of  Great^Bri-- 
fain  are  So  cloiely  connected.  He  has  feeni 
He  has  felt,  the  cruel  Ravages  which  we 
have  fuifered,  wd  the  total  Defola^oa 
^h  wMch  we  have  been  threa^ied,  fronir 
at%  Enemy  unprovoked,  unleft  by  oui? 
C^wtii  and  Pro^rity.  ^ 


At  a  JunAure  foi  critical  to  us,  and  to 
the  whole  Nation,  the  Councils  of  our 
Sovereign  have  been  remarkably  guided  and 
inifnrited  by  ^eaven  ;  and  his  powerful 
Ann  has  been  ftrctclwd  out  for  pur  De* 

fcncCt 


ek> 

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itt 

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..  .* ' 
ttl« 

the 
cen 

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Bri- 
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Lwe 

oyxt 


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and 
krful 
De* 


:i 


^1 


.       (    3t    > 

fence,    Thcfc  Colbnies  were  a  principal 
Objedl  of  thofe  wife  and  vigorous  Mea-* 
liireSv  that  have  g>/en  to  the  World  fo  re- 
ipe^ble  and  lafting  an  Idea  of  the  Bri-* 
tt/hfo&cf  and  Power.    How  chearfully 
has  our  Mother  Country  employe4  her 
Riches  and  Struigth  for  the  Prefervatk>n 
oflier  tender  and  expofed    Off-fpringt* 
What  Fleets  and  Armies  have  been  fent 
for  our  Refcue  !  An  Obligation  which  ^ 
ought  ever  to  be  remembered  with  filial^ 
Reipeft,  suid  the  warmeft  Gratitude. 

'i 

■   ■  * 

To  thc^ri/^Forces  we  have  chearfully 
)oined  our  own  Aid;  even  to  the  utmoA: 
of  our  Ability.  And  perhaps  it  may  be 
deemed  an  Excefs  of  Modefty  upon  thiit 
Point,  only  to  fay,  that  in  the  late  im- 
portant Crifis,  this  Province  has  not  come 
behind  any  other  in  Demonftrations  of 
Loyalty  to  our  Sovereign,and  of  Zeal  and 
Perfeverance  in  the  commonCaufe.  This, 
united  Force  has  been  condufted  with  fb 
much  Prudence,  Refolution  and  Succefs, 
that  we  cannot  but  behold  with  a  pleafing. 

Aftonifli- 


(     32     ) 


Aftonifliment  the  prefent  Afpcft  of  our 


Affairs. 


.A 


'J 


-  If  wc  look  back  to  the  laft  War,  though 
God  was  pleafed  to  honor  a  New^EngliJh 
Army,  under  ^he  Conduft  of  Sir  William 
Pepperrelh  whofe  Memory  deferyes  a 
lafting  Refpeft,  with  the  Reduftion  of 
Louijbourgy  yet  even  after  this,  wc  could 
fcarce  maintain  a  fingle  Fortrefs  in  the 
important  Province  of  Nova-Scotia,  which 
now  we  behold  entirely  fubje^ed  to  the 
Government  gf  his  Britannic  Majefty. 


i  ' 


TjHE  Conqueft  of  Louijbourg,  for  the 
Reddition  of  which  Fr^?«^^  facrificed  fo 
many  Acquifitions  in  Europe,  and  for  the 
Defence  of  which  ihe  appeared  fo  anxi- 
ous, crowned  our  Arms  the  laft  Year.  A 
Conqueft  that  will  ever  do  Honor  to  the 
prefent  Commander  in  Chief  of  His  Ma- 
jefty*s  Forces  in  North-America,  and  con- 
fecrate  the  Name  of  Amherjl  to  Pofterity/ 
Nor  was  it  long  after  this,  that  the  Re- 
duftion  of  Front enac,zxA  our  taking  Pof- 
feffion  of  the  Territory  where  Du  ^efne 


■t~ii.*-:^^ufK.-j_i^^. 


once 


(     33    ) 

% 

once  ftopd,    happily  .clpfcd  the  Wejicrn. 
Service.. •T'tfr  •  ,■    .  -  '■•■:  •  ..  ; 


..Sj^L.L  have  our  Arips,  through  tlieFa- 
VQur  oc  Hl^avisiii,  continued  to  advance. 
Wliat  |i' Variety  of  iuccqfsful  S^rvices,ancl; 
WjK>rta^^  AjCquiiiti^^^^  croud  anc^  adorn 
thisfhfl^gu^eidYear.f  ^!^^  tarri^^ 

lon^i  the  formidable  Lipes  where  we  luf*' 
fered  fo  fevefe  .a  Rfpyji'e^  tl^e^  laft  Canv. 
pai^,  and  Fort  Frederkr^  Mye  added 
frelh.l.au|:ejls   to  our  yj^priqu^  Leadeiy 


.Thujb  hauev we  glamced  at  fome  oixh^] 
Difpenfations  of  Heaven  in  Favour  of  the  j 
Church  in  general,  the  ProteJianflntQreQ:, 
and  the  Britijh  Nation  and  it's  Depen- 
dencies,; which  demand  our  religious  At-- 
t^ntlon,  aid  grateful  AcfcnowledgmentB^ 
And  hcaw  deep  is  the  Refped  which  ^e, 
owe;to  that  Being,  who  holds  the  Heinle 
of^he .World  in  his  Hand,  and  guides  it 
through  all  •  Changes  and  Revolutions.  ;| 
who  prefidesr  over  all  our  perfcnal  and. 

E  public 


m 


ii'l 


(    34    ) 


public  Affairs ;  wfio  ruleth  in  the  Kteg- 
doms  and  States  of  Men ;  appmnting  their 
Date  ;  prefcribing  their  Bounds ;  deter- 
mining their  relative  Strength  ;  and  dif- 
penfing  to  them  that  Mcafure  of  Prof- 
perity,  or  Advcrfity,  which  he  pleafes'f 
How  well  docs  it  become  us  to  be  fenflbk 
of  our  Depcndan<?e  upon  him  for  every 
future  public  Favour ;  and  of  ourObliga- 
tions  t6  him  for  every  Degree  of  piiblic 
Happinefs  v^hich  we  have  received  !  Hfe 
cxpedls  that  we  jnerce  ilirough  the  Veil 
of  outward  Appearances,  and  fecond 
Caufes,  and  difeern  his  Almighty  Hand 
guiding  tlie  Movements  of  all  Nature,  and 
producing  the  Succefs  in?  wUch  we  re- 
joice. 


:  .--iii. 


GoD*s  Providence  fuperintend*  and  d»i* 
termines  the  doubtful  Events  of  War^ 
The  Means  of  Viftory,  and  the  ISkSBitig 
which  render*  theft  Mcmis  effe£hiaJ,  arc 
both  derived  from  him.  That  great  Dilb 
tinftion  which  appears  anw^ng  Men  with' 
Refpectto  martial  Accomplifhments,  and 
the  different  Advantages  for  War,  which; 

different 


(35    ) 


^different  Nations  poffefs,  arc  ultimately 

3|o  be  refolved  into  the  divine  Will.  From 

whom  docs  the  Warrior  derive  his  Con- 

duft  and  Prowefs,  his  Abilities  and  Sue- 

cefs,  but  from  Him,   "  Who  formeth  the 

Spirit  of  Man  within  him"  5 — from  Him, 

who  vmf^  up  Mofes  to  lead  I/rae/  from 

their  Bondage  in  Egypt,  and  Jo/hua  to 

coi>duft  them  into  Canaan  \  who  called 

t  David  from  the  Tent  of  a  Shepherd  to 

^, encounter  the  Pride  of  P^//^/j,  and  the 

J, Terror  of  Ifrael,  and  afterwards  made  him 

Jq  illttftrioas  a  Commander  and  Prince. 


rc- 


AccoRDiNGLV  this  devout,  tho'  great 
and  fuccefsful  Warrior,  often  afcribes  to 
Godiiis  military  Accomplifhments,  and 
theSucccfs  with  which  they  were  adorned, 
and  rendered  fo  confpicuous.  **  It  is  God 
that  girdeth  me  with  Strength,  and  ma- 
keth  my  Way  perfect.  He  teacjbeth  my 
Hands  to  War,  fo  that  a  Bow  of  Steel  is 
broken  by  my  Arms.  By  Thee  have  I 
run  through  a  Troop,  and  by  my  God 
have  I  leaped  over  a  Wall.  Thou  haft 
given  me  the  Shield  of  thy  Salvation  ;  thy 

right 


(    3^    ) 


tnght  Hand  hath  holden  mftSljp,  'and  tHy 

^Gentlenefs  hath  made  me  great.     Thte 

Lord  livethj  and  blcffed  be  my  Rock, ^nd 

let  the  God  of  ihy  Salvation  be  iejlalted." 


;•  V/  P 


irum 


'    The  fuccefsfulCbtrimander,HWthel*^r- 

Jian  Prince  of  old,  is  conducted  by  the 

.powerful,  though  invifible  Harid'  of  the 

Lord  of  Hofts  I   '*  He  gook  before  him, 

and  makes  the  cr6oked  Places  fti*alt,  and 

the  roueh  Places  fmooth  :    He  cuts  in 

funder  the  Gates  of  Brafs,  arid  breaks  In 

Pieces  the  Bars  of  Iron  ;  and  gives  him 

the  Treafures  of  Darknefs,  and   hidden 

^  Treafures  of  fecret  Places  ! "     t  y.  u . 

God  does  not  in  thefeDaysgive  usSuc- 
cefs  by  controuling  the  Laws  of  Nature, 
andreverfing the  common  Cgurleof  Cau- 
fes  and  EfFefts.  But  in  the  Eftin^^tion  of 
found  Reafon  his  Ageilcy  is  ^s  really  con- 

|Cerned,  though  riot  fo  a,pparently,in  what 
5s  called  commonSycccfs,as  in  th'ofe  prof- 

.  perousEvent^that  have  been  attended  with 
miraculous  Circumftances.  There  are*  a 
thguftnd  Contingencies  upon  which  the 

H^altl^ 


W 


(    37    ) 


Health  and*  Supply  of  Annies  depend,  a 
thoufand  Circumftance^  that  influence 
their  Counfels,  exalt  or  deprefs  their 
Courage^  and  determine  their  Operations 
and  Succefs,  which  no  niinian  Sagacity 
can  forefee,  no  humanPower  cfin  control, 
but  whiqh  faU  within  the  Providence  ^f 
.  that  Beings  by  whom  the  **  very  Hairs  of 


our  H^ad  aire  ajl  numbered" 


It  was  therefore  a  foolifh  as  weu 


as 


r  impious  Saying,  faid  to  be  uttered  by  a 
,  French  Commander,  that  **  Providence 
always  favours  an  bundled  Thoufand 
Men  " :  meaning,  that  notwithftandidg 
tlie  Influence  of  divine  Providence,  tHe 
fl:rongefl:  Army  might  be  fure  of  Succefe. 
God  frequently  reminds  Men  of  his  own 
Superintendency  over  thefe  great  Affairs, 
by  difappointing  the  moft  rational  Expec- 
tations, or  by  granting  Succefs  much  be- 
yond our  Hopes.  When  oppofite  Armies 
are  contending  in  the  Field,  "  He  who 
Jitteth  upon  tbeCircle  of  theEarth"  holds 
the  Scales  in  whicK  they  are  weighed,  and 

points 


((    18    ) 


i 


iO 


imn 


^  To  Him  fheiji  lietus  offer  iip  our  united 
mii  thankful  Ackhowle<%merits  for  that 
great  and  happyEvent  that  has  bcc^iioned 
<M»  Day's  Gladncfs.  It  is  for  this^  that 
Vc  are  now,  aflemMed  in  the  Houfe  of 
God>  under  the  Coiintenance  and  at  the 
Call  of  Civil  Authority.  "  O  come  then, 
lct;us  worfhipan^  bow  jdowp,let  us  kneel 
hefoi^e  the  Locd  our  Maker  :  Let  us  en- 
ter into  his  Gates  with  Thankfgiving,  and 
,  into  his  Courts  with  Praife  :  let  us  be 
tliankful  unto  Him,  and  blefs  His  Name; 
for  the  Lord  is  great>  and  greatly  to  be 
praifed. 

I  find  myfelf  at  a  Lofs  for  Words  upon 
this  memorable  Occafion.  I  know  not 
how  to  exprefs  the  Importance  of  that 
Suecefs  with  which  it  has  pleafed  God  to 
bkfs  His  Majcfty's  Arms  :  and  yet  I  feel 
it ;  and  fo  I  doubt  not  does  eveiy  one  in 
tins  Aflembly,  Joy  fparkles  in  everyEye  : 

Triumph 


/'i 


(  n  )) 


be 


^11 


Ttii^fdi  fits  ti])oii  ev^iyF^ce.  But  ivft^ 

of  Gladnefs,  it  is  harder  to  paint  ^hsU  vt^ 
feel  in  fuitable  Expreffions,  than  upon 


"J'i  inli. 


OoD  fe  hc^rd  bur*  Pt^yer^i  ahd(  Aoil8^ 
of  oiir  I^pgcilttbrs  --^  Wt  beholtf  rfi^D^' 
which  tfey  dfefired  t»  fee,but  faN;r  it  itrf^ 
We  have  received^  a  Sahration  froim  ttfea^ 
V^,  greater  perhaps  thto  any  fiticef  thif 
Pouttdiadon  of  the  Country —-The'Pbv^er 
of  Canhdah  brdfecii  —  It%  CkjAt^l'  b  i^ 
duced  ^  krtd  the  JBrii^  Boners  dott  trf-^ 
umphant  upon  the  Wall^'  of  ^ekd:'  ''''^ 


r 


..Struck  withthis<  News,  we  were  like 
the  Difeiples  who  "i  believed  not  for  Joy 'V 
and  were  ready  to  adopt  the  Language  o/^ 
the  antient  redeemed;  Chuich  ;  **  Whea 
the  Lord  turned  agaiii  the  Captivity  o£ 
Zion,  we  were  like  them  that  dream  :^ 
then  was  our  Mouth  fiiled  with  Laug;hter^ 
and  our  Tongue  with  Singing  :  then  faidf 
they  ampng  the  Heathen  the  Lord  hjudt; 

done 


((    4l^    > 


dope  great  Thing*  for  them.  The  Lord 
l^^th  ctenfe  greatT^hH^^/fcM-  us  wJjcr^of  we 
sifje  gl4d.'-  ii*i^  o*  'i:ih\^n      '     •rbu^-^ix.jr  ^■:> 

Let  us  then  coitfeitf^e^the  glarffiefs  of 
ourHearts  to  God  ;  and  return  to  him  in 
^jrqijif  jPfaifes,  aqd,  ^  ;phank%iving3,  that 
fidl  Jpy;.  whichjHe/  has  heftovved  ^pon  us, 
rem^beiijpigt})^  w^^  triumph  in  hisPower 
and  not  in  our, own,  .  Give  untoi  theLord^ 
Q  *  ye  :jCindreds,  of  .the.  People,  ^ye  unto 
tlie  Lord  Glory  and  Strength  ;  P^^?  ^^to 
tfie  Lord  the  Gfory  due  unto  his  Name  : 
for  his  right  Hapd^ ,  and  his  holy  Ann 
hath  gotten  the  Victory. 


But  God,  we  know,  govern*  the  World 
Si  a  mediate  Way:'  His  Providence  doe§ 
not  deftroy  or  fuperfede  the  free  A6liori$ 
of  Men :  and  in  accompHftiing  his  own 
greatDefigns,he  employs  thofe  greatQuali- 
tics  with  which  he  has  infpired  Ibme  oif 
the  human  Race.  Religion  thei'efore  is 
yer}'  far  from  forbidding  us  to  fhew  a  fui^' 
bordinatc  Regard  to  thofe,  whofe  faithful 
Services  have  been  crowned  with  this  glo- 


(    41     ) 


r^aus  Acquifition,  Every  vertuom  Sentl- 
liieiit  leads  us  to  pay  Refpeft  to  theGuar- 
dians  of  our  Poffeffions,  our  Libertie9,and 
our  Religion.  Nor  will  the  unavoidable 
Serifatibns  of  our  own  Bofoms  allow  us^ 
to  forbear  teftifying  our  Gratitude  and 
Efteem  for  thofe,  whofc  Toils  and  Dan- 
gers liave  largely  contributed  to  our  Secu-* 
rity  and  Happinefs.  Even  the  infpired 
Song  of  Deborah^  omits  not  to  give  par-* 
ticuMr  Honors  to  thofe  brave  Men,  who 
by  the  Bleffing  of  Heaven,  obtained  the 
Viftory  which  it  celebrates. 
•  •  ■-•' •  > i.    '  •  ■ ,  *  ■    , 

How  then  can  we  be  filent  in  thePraifes 
of  that  General,  and  that  Army,  whoi 
under  God,  have  given  us  this  Day's 
Triumph  >  and  who  will  henceforth  be 
ranked  kmong  thofe-  diftinguifhedLeaders, 
and  thofe  "  firm  and  immoveable  Bat- 
talions, which  Providence  employs  to 
xletermine  the  Fate  of  Kingdoms  and  Pro- 


vmces. 


>» 


The  whole  Conduft  of  this  Enterprize, 

according  to  the  Opinion  of  much  better 

'      ■  F      '  Judges 


(    4*    ) 

Judgeain  thefe  Matters^  tlfian  i{  pretend 
to  be,  has  afforded  the  brighteft  Proofs  of 
all  military  Accomplifhments.    No  DifE- 

culty  has  arifen  in  this  arduous  Serwce,, 

'  "  ■■•-*-■■  ..-'»'  1.  ■       , .    ^ 

fuperioi-  to  the  Skill  of  the  Leader ;  nor 
any  Danger,  great  enough  to  quelj  th^ 
Refolution  and  Ardor  of  the  Troops :  for 
they  hid  One  at  their  Head,  who  knew 
how  to  infnfc  fomething  of  his  own.Spirit 
into  an  Army,  and  was  capable  of  in%ir- 
\%g  Intrepidity,  into  itiore  timcfousBreafts 
than  thofe  of  Britijh  Soidier$  :  like  thf5 
great  Hajimbaly  who  only  demanded  Men, 
aild  undertook  himfelf  to  make  them 
brive. 


'  '-  ..   i 


,    ) 


-.  f 


-  GouR  AGiE  is  the  moft  brilliait  Qgality 
to  coilirrion  Eyef ,  as  it  is  truly  thcs  Bafis 
of  a  Soldier.  But  had  this  neceffary  Qua- 
lity ble^n  found  albne  at  the  Head  of  our 
IfeallArmy,  it  nearer  could  have  undertat- 
ken  and  effefted  fuch  various  Servixrcs,  for 
which  it  was  fo  often  divided,  without 
giving fome  fatal  Advantage  toe  numer- 
ous and  watchful  Foe. 


Here 


(    ,43    -) 

Here  t)ien  that  Cojijjuft  flione,  which 
ftril^es  with  ^dniiratioii  the  Judicious '; 
anifinfirks  the  great  Captain.— -A  Sag^- 
city^iTid  Prudence,  fuftixjiehtly  auim^ted, 
bv^t  iiot  (Bfturbpd  or  over-borne,  by  that 
martial  Ardor,  fo  n^twal  tp  the  Breaft  of 


,J^^\[po^ ^  GQ\\£r^  Jf^oJfe  had  difem- 
feargii^l^s.Airmyj/fj^e  gained  upon  the 
Enemy  even  without  c.  Battle,  and  never 
for  a  Moment  quitted  his  Superiority."  — 
At  length,  by  a  Motion,prudcnt  as  it  was 
bqy>  oxeritorious  as  it  was  fuccefsfiil.  He 
dr^ew  the  French  much  fuperior  in  Nuni- 
,bers,  fr€^  their  inacceffible  Intrench- 
me,n(s,  and  obtained  that  great  and  deqi- 
fiv,eyiCtQry,v^hich  was  foon  folloY^ed  ,with 
•tKe.^Svfrriender  of  ^f^^r. 


■Jn.. 


.ii>->. 


li^j^EN,  weconfMler  the  Situation  c^f 
iHis^Seryicp,  in,the  Ileart  of  Canada*,  the 
comp^Fat^vp  Smalfnefs  of  his  Forc^,  and 
tjie  jy^^ner  in  wjiich  he  employed  it, 
muft  we  not  acknowledge,  that  he  had 
made  a  fuccefsful  and  fhining  Campaign, 

even 


(      44 


/ 


even  before  the  thirteenth  of  September  f 
But  what  an  Acceffion  of  Glory  to  him- 
felf,  of  Service  to  his  Prince,  and  Felicity 
to  hi^  Country,  did  that  Day  afford  !  — r 
•That  memorable  Day,  not  only  ej^hibited 
the  Superiority  of  Britijh  Courage,  but 
ftiewed  a  young  Brttijk  Commander,  who 
had  never  before  been  at  the  Head  of  an 
Army,vanquifhing  by  fupericrity  of  Skill, 
an  experienced  and  luccefsful  General  of 
France* 


But  is  there  not  fomething  that  feems 
to  fhade  jthe  Luftre  of  this  Day  6f  ptiblic 
Rejoicing,  and  to  abate  it's  Triiunph  ? 
Do  npt  fome  involuntary  Sighs,  fonie  un* 
biddenGroansefcape  from  us,arid  ftrangcj- 
ly  mix  themfelves  with  the  Voice  of 
Thankfgiving,  and  the  Acclai;nations  of 
Joy f  'And  yet  Heaven  was  ^leafed  to 
grant  us  all  this  Succefe,  with  thelbofs  of 
much  fewer  of  pur  brave  Officers  and 
M^n  than  we  coiild  have  rationally  hoped. 


m^H 


But 


(■45    ) 

Bui»  whb  was  among  tl^e  Slain  ?-»—• r 
Alafs  !  that  great  Leader  to  whom  we  arc 
fomitth' indebted  for  this  D^y's  Joy,!does 
hot  Uv^'to  partake  it.  He  was  not  fpared 
to  wear  th^  Laurels  he  had  purchafed  ;  to 
r<*ceive  and  enjoy  the  Plaudit  of  his  Sove- 
reign ;  the  IblemnThanks  of  his  Country ; 
and  the  Acclamations  of  a  whole  Nation. 
^He  lived  indeed,  to  fee  the  important  Ser- 
vice he  had  undertaken,  much  dearer  to 
him  thau  Life,  happfly  accompliflied^™ 
He  lived  to  fee  the  collefted  Force  of  the 
.Enemy  broken,  and  fleeing- before  him.— 
He  expired  in  theArms  of  Conqueft  j  and 
iilled  \yith  Britain  s  Profperity  and  Glory, 
j>e  **  fmiled  in  Death. "    .  .  ,?^  i^ 


He  died  to  live  in  the  Hearts  of Mri- 
tons,  and  efpecially  in  the  Hearts  Qf  Brir 
tijh  Americans,  who  are  fo  peculiarly  in- 
terefted  in  this  Conqueft. — He  died  to 
'live  in  the -Annals  of  his  Country,  diftin- 
jguiflied  with  the  brighteft  Beams  of  Qlo- 
<iyiv>oTh!erehis,Char?'9:e^  .will  adorn  tliayt 
Nation,  his  Services  to  which  will  never 
)be  forgQtten.r--DQ  w^  vylfli  that  he  h^^ 
-      f  been 


(  «^  ) 


been  mote  fparing  of  hii  great  life  ?  And 
would  we  Itffcn  bis  Merit  *r-«^Whfat  ai^ 
ollihe  facMng  Honors  of  this  ^oritaiStatc^ 
when  Dompaced  to  that  hse^e^ly  Pal^ 
with  which  fijth  •  knp^atftiit'  ^piaMk  §^- 
vices,  founded  upon  proper  fPrinajpIe^ 
c^XL  never  £ail  to  :be  Rew.ai?di(d  !  '  r 


«  1  /  \  •   V  . 

.1  ■    '' 


To  us  it  bdongs,  in  all  proper  Wayf> 
1^'cxprefs  our  Gratitude  to  Almighty 
God,  for  accompliftiing  foch  a  iieader> 
and  placing  him  at  Ae  Head  of  our 
Forces  employed  in  an  Enterprize  of& 
inuch  Confcfcjuence  ;  and  for 'honouring 
'with  fuch  fui-prizing  Succefe,  tbiis  Servant 
of  the  Public,  "  this  Mhiifterof  Heaven 
for  Good. "  —  Many  Britijh  Warriors 
wffl,  cwertraff,ibe  Krmed  by  hife  ^at  Ex- 
^m^fe,  ftnd^emalateiiis  Glory. 


■<ir 


LfiT  US  ria«n  as  tibe  prcfent  Occafioii 
demands,  confiikr,  not  fo  mtzch  what 
God^has  tdl^n  from  us,  as  iwhat  he  has 
given  us.  How  fieafing  a  Prdfpeft  does 
now  prcfent  itfelf  to  us  !  What  fair  Hopes 

bavp 


L'j'yi 


m 


have  w^  gf  being,  compkajly  dcliyered 
from  that;  Enemy*,  that  has  fb  often  uir 
terrupted  our  Tranquijity,  and  checjced 
our  Grpwth^!  What  Scenes,  pf  Happu^efs^ 
are  we  re^4y;  W  figure  to  aurfelves,  frpm 
th(?  Hope  of  enjpyin^ij in  this. gpod  Land* 
all  theBlefUng^  <^aa  u^difturbed  an41i^7. 
ing  Peace  !  From  the  Hope  of  feeing  OMt 
Towns  enlarged  ;  our  Commerce  increa- 
fed;  and  our  Settlements  extending  them- 
ielves  With  Security  on  every  Side,  and 
changing  a  Wildernefs  into  a  fruitfui 
Field  !  Do  we  not  alfo  antidpatte  the 
Happinefe  of  Pofterity,  to  whom  v^e  are 
like  to  tranfmit  this  fair  Inheritance,  with 
Improvements,  and  a  Security,  unknowa 
to  bur  Fathers  ?        '^'^ 


Thb  Worth*  of  this;  Corqueft  will  apr- 
pear  greatly  enh^iced,  if  we  refleft  upcMj 
the  Charafter  of  the  Enemy  which  vm 
have-  fo  far  fubdued  — ^  An  inveterate  ?*nd 
implacaUe  Enemy  to  our  ReiigiQ^L  and 
Libertie;?  $  inflamed  wx^Romi/h  Bigotry^ 
perfidious,  refUefs,  politic,  and  enterpriz^ 
ing  :  An  Enemy  that  has  ever  made  War 
againft  us  in  a  Manner  fhocking  to  Hu- 

,     manity : 


('  48    ) 


U'^ 


i 


inanity:  that  has  fo envied  our  fuperior 
Advantages  and  Growth,  as  to  disem  anjr 
Methods  juft  by  which  We  CouM  be  dif- 
trefled  ;  and  has  accordingly  long  employ^' 
ed  the  Barbarity  of  Savages  to  drexich  our 
Borders  with  the  Blood  of  the  lirianrierf 
Villager,  and  even  of  Women  and  In-^ 
faiits.  . 


i 


v 


■><f 


Common  Humanity,  arid  much  niorc 
thofe  Sentiments  which  Chriftianity  in- 
ipires,  teach  us  to  pity  them  under  their 
prefent  Calamities.  But  when  we  refleft 
upon  their  paft  Infolence,  and  Cruelty* 
heightned,  we  may  fuppofe  by  a  Perfwa-t" 
fion  that  their  Country  was  inaccefllble  to 
us,we  cannot  but  adore  the  Righteoufnels 
of  Heaven  in  this  figna^  Chaftifement. 
Yet  we  rejoice  to  find  that  npDiftrefs  has 
been  wantonly  brought  upon  them ;  jlnd 
thatihey  have  been  Ipared  as  much  as 
the  Neceffity  of  the  Service  would  allow! 
May  the  Briti/b  Forces  ftill  be  diftinguifh- 
ed  by  Intrepidity  audSuccefe  in  the  Fieldi 
tad  Generofity  to  the  vanquilhed  ! 


More 


^TO  aiWi>JK>;nted  :    which  tenders  tlii's 
iciueft-jMQrc  worthy  ,pilr  Attcntron, 


brave  Officers.a34i|)?|wn,  happily  cpn.- 
fpiring  with  the  Operations  of  the  Army, 
,  ereatly  contributed  to  their  Succefs. 


.nmttJes"mi?'^oftbir,  io  ihdfiJilfe  > 

«Kl  advancirii'MBr^'tett^^ 

G  

T3j 


merica. 


k'io) 


'*«' 


tiOTTwhat  f  ap  Q^ttca^  v^dd^fta^  tech 

fpimd  in  th>  Kobn^  (k  ilmCMiniilb  THdr 

af^o^wc  ruEpormg  an  Ij^^  IW- 

tWng^reat  apd^Mml^      ^'''^- 
cmj^afecd  withovt  Hazard.     Th* 
tp^^^high  our  Ajmy  was  callM 

ceed  tbemt  and  to  determine  t 

■triiidjjhca  adri6u%.' ' ,  In  ihyTJfimfe-' -Uhi 

we  rejoice  ■i'n'.yiil  t)SV,  ahdirt'%1^- 

'is^i^me  Aitf'mr'atibh.'' ■'''='^<^  a-'^^-^'i 

May  Religion  prende  over  the  Joy  w 
this  Day,  and  Gratitude  to  God  exdt  it. 

Berfi,  we  W  MIjMjpntea^itt  of 

Let 


li^VVi^t 


,  L|^  ^$  t^  OccfJj^u  from  the  Glad- 
lim  «i^  PW^cjuts  to  iinprovc  ow^  f^tnc- 
y^fxifi^lf^  tei  hpnof  theGpd  of  otirJal- 
Y^tiOH  bjf  4««)lg  good  to  ])ilankind.     And 
^l^ntjf  to  thi^SpuIs  of  Men  i^the  grcat- 
<^j   J^  C^Onpt  byt  c)^pr^fs  my  Wifhe^ji 
V|)^njihl9j  0^cafibn^  i^^at  ^'«  may  riot  be 
wa^t^pjg  in  our  Bndes^vQur^  to  propagate 
jtl^e  Qp^^  in  it's  Simplicity  and  Purity, 
amo^g  Xhfi  Indian  Tnbe&.     This,    mc- 
thinks,  would  be  -polkicas  wpll  as  Clirif- 
tian   :    And  our  Opportunities  for    it 
fecm  now  to  be  greatly  enlarging.     But 
tf  wc  imagihc  the  political  Neceffity  is 
lefs  thaii  ever,  are  not  our  Obligations 
iticri^l^,  from  the  purer  Motive  of  Gr*i->. 
titude  to  our  divirte  Benefafl:or  ?  And  is 
not  this  k  Service  that  we  owe  to  our 
^Lord'Jfdits;  to  whom  we  profefs  to  do 
peculiar  Honbr,  as  the  one  Mediator,  \i% 
Pppofition  to  the  Romtjh  Church  which 
allows  many  i  and  through  whofe  Inter- 
cefRoh  afone,  we  believe  that  our  Prayers 
have  been  heard,  and  anfwered  with  this 
great  Succefs  >     ' 


May 


ifii-  y 


i 


.^• 


mi 


.May  God 


ia  wbick  we     ,^^. .  ^^^        . 

the  God  of  Jefiurunlvifliq  ri&tli  ^6fi'  #^ 

We* 

lency 

the  E, — ,.  — .-  ^    J,.  ^  . . 

jhaU dwell" jnSafety stone;  ll'hfe^oiintain 

of  Jacob  fljiall  ijc '  upon  a  ^M*^  o^  ^<i^ji 


A 


/  -.'i?  t 


;     .  ■■    ■  •   i   wort    fri*|;>^ 

May  the  Coo^nefs  of  God  lead  us  to 
an  univerfal  Repea,tafice  ^    and,  may  H^ 
give  us  fuch  atrweSenic  of  our  pjb|igatir> 
ons  to  him,  as  fjiatt  expr^fs  jtfclf^  in  every 
Work  of  Purity  andRightepulpeft^  which 
the  Gofpel  enjoins  upon  ys  !   .|-,ctusbe«- 
ware  that  we  do  npt  turn  the  Kindnefs  of 
Heaven  into  Wantonncfs,  aifd  indulge  to 
that  Impiety,  Senfoality  and  Licentiouf- 
nefs,  which  too  often  attends  external  Se- 
curity, ftnd  temporal  Profpwty.  —  It  h^ 
been  remarked,  that  the  Supinenefs,  Sen- 
suality, and  Diflblutenefs    of    Manners 
th^t  invaded  Rome,  after  the  Deftruclion 

of 


(    53    ) 


itaih 


of  her  Rival,  proved  more  fatal  than  the 
Arms  of  Carthage.  God  forbid  thatSuc- 
cefs  fhould  have  any  fuch  unhappy  Ef- 
feft  upon  us,  and  betray  us  into  fuch 
Vices,  not  only  in  Oppofition  to  every 
temporal  Motive,  but  alfo  to  all  the  Light 
and  affefting  Confiderations,  which  Chri- 
.ftianity  affords  !  Only  fear  the  Lord  and 
ferve  him  in  Truth,  vrith  all  your  Heart, 
for  confider  v^rhat  great  Things  he  has 
done  for  you." 


May  God  ilill  blefs  the  Brhtjh  Arms 
wherever  they  are  employed  !  Still  may 
He  advance  the  Caufe  of  Liberty,  and 
pure  Religion,  till  every  Nation  Ihall  be 
happy  under  the  Government  of  tlis 
Prince  of  Peace;  and  Truth  and  Rightc- 
oufnefs  fhall  univerfally  prevail ! 


FINIS. 


